Experts are experimenting with how AI could replace human jobs using robots and smart software. Some people worry that this could lead to a crisis. This is one of the gray areas of AI that has not yet been clearly explained.

Some believe that jobs will go out of stock, while others believe that jobs will be taken over by AI and people will lose their jobs. Now, an AI researcher named Tamay Besiroglu has started a new company called Mechanize. The company is building digital work environments, tests, and training data to help fully automate all kinds of jobs. That means building systems that can perform self-employed tasks.

According to Mechanize, the company is a startup that “focuses on developing virtual work environments, benchmarks, and training data that enable the full automation of the economy.” To achieve this, they want to create “simulated environments and assessments” that “capture the full scope of what people do in their jobs.”

According to the company, current AI models are unreliable, lack strong long-term situational capabilities, struggle with agency and multi-modality, and can’t execute long-term plans without getting off track.

This is the gap the company aims to fill. They want to work on building the data and assessments needed to automate work. It’s not clear exactly how they plan to achieve this. However, the company says its digital environments will act as “simulations of real-world work,” allowing AI agents to learn real-world skills.